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“Our fans agree with Yngwie Malmsteen!”: What Leprous learned when they wrote a song with their audience
By Phil Weller Published
The Norwegian prog metallers’ lockdown collaboration led to the explosive energy of most recent album Melodies Of Atonement. But they stripped down instead of maxing out

Perfect timing sent the Alan Parsons Project touring galaxies far, far away with I Robot
By David West Published
When their second album arrived alongside Star Wars in 1977, the dream-come-true coincidence changed their career path

How Bon Scott's devilish grin and gallons of fake blood secured the AC/DC legend
By Kurt Squiers Published
Bob Defrin helped create some of the most iconic images in rock history, including a series of classic AC/DC album covers

“Like true pioneers, their hats were shot through with arrows”: The prog power of Cocteau Twins’ Treasure
By Julian Marszalek Published
Elizabeth Fraser’s lyrics for the trio’s 1984 album became the subject of press ridicule – but she was much smarter than the jokes

How Ozzy Osbourne conquered personal demons and bitter contract wars to eclipse Black Sabbath
By Paul Brannigan Published
Forty years after the release of The Ultimate Sin, this is the story of how a fragile but defiant Ozzy Osbourne took on his former band – and won

Turnstile have managed to unite Elton John and Dying Fetus and actually make it work
By Merlin Alderslade Published
New Turnstile project Never Enough: Versions is a near-resounding success

Beartooth's Caleb Shomo vanquishes his demons on Pure Ecstasy
By Nik Young Published
Trading out angst and pain for self-love and hope, Beartooth sound more powerful than ever

Prog-metal veterans Mastodon surmount personal tragedies to deliver stellar ninth album Marrow Deep
By Dave Everley Published
Prog-metal veterans Mastodon's first album since the death of former guitarist Brent Hinds doesn’t hide the seam of anguish at its core

Pearl Jam celebrate Ten's 35th birthday with rare live performance on vinyl
By Fraser Lewry Published
Pearl Jam have played Ten in its entirety just twice in the decades since it was released

“Had there been a more sensitive or more efficient producer, it could have been much better”: The album that inspired prog’s most English movement was made in America in four days
By Sid Smith Published
When Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt and Mike Ratledge created the Canterbury scene via Soft Machine’s first record, they’d already split up
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